14 DAY TRIAL // YouTube is a video service owned by Google that was acquired in November, 2006 and it allows users to upload, view, share and comment movies. Although the search giant also developed a similar service, Google Video is meant to provide quick access to movies while YouTube will remain a solution based on a huge community. Since the Google acquisition, the video service caused a lot of federal problems being sued by multiple companies or celebrities for publishing content without authorization.
One of the most known lawsuits filed against concerned Daniela Cicarelli, Ronaldo's ex-wife that sued the video service for publishing a movie presenting the Brazilian model with her boyfriend in intimate scenes. At that time, a Brazilian judge ruled that Google must close YouTube Brazil until the company removes all the videos with Daniela Cicarelli.
Today, Reuters reported that YouTube caused another federal problem after the video service published illegal copies of episodes of television shows "24" and "The Simpsons", Google being subpoenaed to provide additional information about the user that uploaded the movies.
"News Corp. studio Twentieth Century Fox subpoenaed Google Inc.'s YouTube video service to learn who uploaded pirated copies of episodes of television shows "24" and "The Simpsons," The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The subpoena, filed January 18, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, asks YouTube to hand over information to identify the subscriber so Fox can stop the infringement, the Journal reported. The four-episode season premiere of thriller show 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland, appeared on the site ahead of its TV broadcast, and 12 episodes of the Simpsons were being distributed on YouTube by a subscriber called "ECOtotal," the subpoena's declaration said, according to the paper," Reuters reported.